Wild queen bumblebees get killed by worker bees inside commercial hives after they are lured in by vibrant colors and the promise of usurping the resident queen. When you purchase through links on our ...

If you think backyard and rooftop beehives are helping save the bees, think again, experts say. A growing body of research suggests that the explosion of urban beekeeping involving honeybees in many ...

In October 2006, reports came in from beekeepers that some of them were losing 30% to 90% of their hives. While some losses are expected, these figures were startlingly high. Called, Colony Collapse ...

As natural pollinators suffer, farmers are becoming more dependent on commercial species of bees—those bred and transported for agricultural purposes. Without them, we would no longer even have ...

Bees are an integral component of the ecosystem. Bees are pollinators — as are birds, bats, beetles, and butterflies — that are responsible for helping to cross-pollinate more than 30 percent of crops ...

Preliminary data from the latest U.S. Beekeeping Survey shows that from April 2024 to April 2025, beekeepers nationwide lost ...

As a non-migratory beekeeper, Flora Molyneaux lives her life in accordance with the wheel of the year. From the spring equinox to the summer solstice, she works 12-hour days, attempting to keep up ...

Olivia Norfolk works for Anglia Ruskin University. She has received funding from The Leverhulme Trust to support research on honeybee-wild bee interactions. It’s no secret that bee populations are in ...

Neil Rusch does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...

WOODLAND, Calif. (AP) - For a few frenzied weeks, beekeepers from around the United States truck billions of honeybees to California to rent them to almond growers who need the insects to pollinate ...

Mallory McMorrow's pitch for a more diversified economy is running up against tradition in auto-focused Michigan.